August 2014 Babies,half way to one and staring at you while you eat.

[GingerCuddleMonster]

I've been told via Whatsapp by a MN'er this morning who used to be a member of the ante-natal group that there's a Facebook group, but that they won't accept anyone or her back (a bit weird if you ask me, but each to their own, and have really left a PND suffering mum feeling like shit, but I doubt they care in their "clique")

So are there any August Mums left on here willing to chat, without connecting to Faceache?

Oh no felkov, your poor dd. Maybe a bug? Or a new food not agreeing with her? Is she feeding ok from you? It sounds scary - I hope she soon feels a lot better and that you all get some sleep.

We're off to a first birthday party this morning. DD has been going to bed late and waking up late for the past few days so I hope she's awake in time! She's been so full of beans in the evening she just won't sleep until 11ish.

Wish I knew what it was. its so difficult trying to work out. She's haf a chesty phlegmy cough for about 4 weeks now, started around the same time we started weaning but also that was around the same time we visited my inlaws and FIL had a horrible cold at the time. Just to add to my confusion I read that teething can cause coughing and vomiting due to the extra mucus, so no idea really.

Its much worse at night but she will sometimes vomit milk feeds during the day as well. yesterday was the worst its been so far.

I've been a bit lost at sea on the September thread of late. DS is a 1st September baby but seems to be on fast forward on some things but way behind on others.

He has one tooth, put weaning feels like a disaster at the moment. DS is just not interested in food. He doesn't seem to be swallowing anything at all. TBH every on the September thread seems to be doing a lot better and I'm feeling useless. Food has been an issue from day one with him, and I ended up giving him expressed milk until he was 16weeks when he finally worked out beast feeding. He was taking bottles of expressed milk until last week but he seemed to have completely stopped that now - exactly when introducing bottles would be more appropriate. So I'm glad to read a few of your comments about babies not taking much at this stage as the mess and lack of progress has really got me down

He was sleeping through then stopped. He's been dreadful the last few weeks so I feel like that's gone backwards too.

He was on the 25th centile for weight, but dropped to the 9th and is now staying between the 2nd and 9th. He's just growing out of his 3 - 6 month clothes now. I think he's quite tall despite his weight.

Then the thing that I'm struggling most with is his mobility as he's ahead on it I think. Which sounds great, but I'm really struggling with it to be honest and I was hoping there was someone here with a baby who is moving around terrorising them. The house is far from baby proofed and far from baby proof-able.

Red that sounds tough but don't despair! i feel pretty much the same about weaning, even more since DD has been so sick the past few days.

i still have the joys of a fairly immobile baby thank goodness but one of the girls from my antenatal class was fully crawling at 6 months and now at just turned 7 months is pulling up to standing and trying to walk!! her mum is finding it hard as most of their flat is a no go zone... wooden floors, hard corners, cables everywhere etc. she has to put the baby in her cot a lot but also uses a jumperoo if she needs to leave the baby unsupervised for a few minutes.

is there anywhere near you e.g. a soft play place or baby group in a hall where you don't have to worry about babyproofing?

hey all,

ah red I feel like you this week to seems like were taking a turn for the worst, first weaning was fine but then DS started to choke, and since Thursday has been off his milk feeds and solids, he's probably eaten 18oz of milk total since Thursday and no puree he will take water though.

DS is mobile and with a large marble hearth I am bricking it he's obsessed with it and continues to head for it, he has hit is head once

DD is not yet mobile, but I am anxious for when that time comes as the house isn't exactly baby friendly...we are also on three floors so need several stair gates! So far our baby proofing efforts have amounted to buying a playpen and relocating my craft stuff.

red we had a spell of bad nights when DD started on solids. For some reason it seemed cucumber had been upsetting her. Shortly after that she started sleeping on her side or tummy and then her sleep went largely back to normal. Hopefully it will just be a short phase for you.

We are getting her photos taken on Saturday by a professional photographer. We'd been waiting until she could sit up for longer periods so hopefully now is a good time, before she crawls. I need to trim her fringe though this week, eek! Had thought about just clipping it back but knowing her she'd pull out the clips and try to eat them. So a trim is in order.

Thank you all. I feel a little better.

I think its been a bit of a shock to the system as we weren't expecting him to be this much of a handful so soon and I think I feel slightly robbed of him being a baby. He was mistaken for a 10 month old by friends of friends with young children over the weekend, which really brought it home. And like yours ginger he seems to make a beeline for the most dangerous hazards in the room.

We have a playpen, but he gets upset quite quickly in it (usually as he manages to wedge himself into a position he can't get out of) and demands attention. He has a jumparoo which I do use but it tends to make him over excited and vomit which isn't great especially as I'm concerned about his weight.

I'm finding its making it harder to relate to others with babies of a similar age who aren't as active in real life because I find it rather awkward talking to them without sounding like a massive twat, so I'm finding it something that makes me feel quite isolated.

red I know what you mean, you feel like they think your boasting but your not it's a double edged sword.

mrsmilk I'm jealous the fact your DD must have locks of hair DS is bald I bet the photos will look amazing! are you going to trim the fringe yourself or see if a child's hairdresser will do it??

We've spent the evening up the peadratic assessment unit. DS is now refusing all liquids and giving me dry nappies . Were home now and I've called in to work and not gone. We don't know why he has suddenly chosen not to drink anything, could be teething, could be a sore throat, could be a viral infection. So I'm now home with a grumpy baby.

Hello again, just looking into see how the weaning and the sleeping And the teething is going, I am quite reassured to see we probably havent broken our baby and the disrupted feeding is all normal.

Baby beans likes green beans, gnawed on one of those while we hovered nervously.

hope things improve soon ginger DD stopped feeding for a day when she was about 9 weeks old and had a really nasty cold. frightened the life out of me but after a trip to the children's hospital and monitoring she started again thankfully. hopefully you get back on track soon.

We've not tried any food for 48hrs now (since the projectile vom!) and it seems that Dd is perking up a bit. loads of dirty nappies too so hopefully its a bug and she's fighting it off.

Beans green beans went down well here too. in fact all green stuff seems to be good (before dd got sick!) which slightly surprised me as i thought babies preferred sweet tastes

Red don't feel like that! sounds like your little one is very advanced and i hope you can enjoy the time you have now. as you say they change so fast. i still can't believe how quick they grow.

conversely, my DD is only just learning to roll. for a while i thought it would never happen and worrying there was something wrong. i keep having to tell myself to be patient and enjoy what i have but part of me wishes DD was racing through to walking. its so hard not to compare to others.

red I made a deal with E that he wouldn't start moving until we moved into the new flat. He is such a good boy and is sticking to our deal

I know how shocking it can be when they move, your whole world is turned upside down and they get everywhere, nothing is safe.

E's appetite has returned :)

felkov, I admit I'm finding it hard to enjoy it. We are almost certainly only having one child, so I feel guilty about that too! I'm so proud of DS but its tempered with feeling so wary about sharing it with anyone. He didn't roll early though. He just didn't seem interested for ages and then a lightbulb went on. And less than three weeks later DS was crawling. So I definitely don't think when you roll means much about when you'll crawl/walk!

He only rolled for the first time on the 13th Feb after everyone else seemed to have been for a while, including a number younger than him. I was comparing and wondering why he hadn't. I hate the fact you naturally compare; I've never been around babies before or had an interest so I'm trying to gauge what's 'normal' as well to a certain extent which doesn't really help. I have a few friends with slightly older babies and toddlers but I don't see them too much, so don't have any other points of reference for this age. I know in just over a year they will all be doing the same things but its so hard when its a difference that's just so outwardly obvious.

Ginger, that sounds so worrying and stress. I hope you are ok as well as your DS.

ginger I hope your ds is feeling a lot better now. Babies know just how to scare us don't they?

I think I'm going to tackle the haircut myself as it really is just a tiny trim to stop the hair going into her eyes. Dd was born with lots of hair, and it hasn't fallen out, I quite expected it would have!

It's quite stressful worrying about where your baby is at with regards to milestones isn't it. No sooner have I stopped worrying about one thing I find something else. I guess each baby is different and they all have different things they prefer doing.

I found something in dd's nappy yesterday that I feared was chewed up paper which made me panic, but in retrospect was probably rice cake.

evening all , were doing ok DS just took down 5oz in one feed!! I'm much happier, he's grumpy and unsettled but it a to be expected, he's currently asleep on the bed next to me.

red sounds like your LO has got the grasp of moving quite quickly!! DS did progressive and slow, so I could mentally prepare myself for what was to come haha.

milk your a braver woman than me I once tried to shave dp hair with a hair trimmer, it was awful I've now been told I'm never to cut DS hair .

Baldy baby here too. good luck with the trim mrsmilk I'm sure you'll do fine. it can't be more fiddly than nail clipping (at least i hope not)

i ended up at the gp this morning as DD was sick 4 times last night. milk and mucus everywhere and a mountain of washing to do yuck

Baldy here too but with slowly spreading cradle cap. Done castor oil, done shampoo, off to see the HV tomorrow and see if they have any ideas before the doctors.

oh no felkov Did the gp say what was wrong?

Beans hope it improves soon.

better day for us managed 17oz of milk and some banana yoghurt so looks like we're slowly on the mend

Sorry felkov missed the mucus in my cradle cap anxiety, hope dd is feeling better

Beans I have no experience with cradle cap, I remember once someone mentioning a cradlecap comb/brush and swore it helped.

morning all, hope you had good nights! my dh has been booted into the spare bedroom the last few nights as DD is in with me she's waking up so much with all the coughing and snot!

Dr was very sympathetic but basically said its just a bad cold and we're gonna have to ride it out. I've cancelled everything and planning on spending a few days in my pyjamas with the little one. was supposed to be going swimming today and have a girls night out planned for Friday but have a feeling that's going to be canned too. grr

Beans I've been trying to get rid of cradle cap too for months but its stubborn stuff isn't it!?

I've been rubbing coconut oil then brushing (gently) with a little tommee tippee hairbrush. the scales come off in the brush hairs but it makes Dds scalp red if I do too much brushing so just trying a little every day.

one of my friends recently tried Aveeno cream and said that cleared it right up for her DS.

Poor babyfelkov, hope she soon feels a lot better.

We're also afflicted with cradle cap - bought a special shampoo, can't remember what it's called, but it smells of roses! We use a brush too and I think it's helping, but it's a slow process. DD has quite dry skin too so we were advised not to bath her too frequently.

We did not have a good night last night...she'd only fall asleep next to me and then kept waking up when attempting to transfer her to her cot. I can't sleep with her next to me though because I'm scared she'll roll out of bed as she's such a roller these days.

A friend of mine recommended the Mustela cradle cap treatment, think it's called Stelaker. Olive oil is supposed to be good.

I hate comparing milestones but it's virtually impossible not to!

Hope the poorly babies are doing better.

All well here though he's a bit clingy and his sleep is, as usual, dire. Weaning is going well, still not eating much but munching happily on everything and occasional bits are coming out the other end.

DS can stand.
Unsupported.
Wobbly, but alone.
Keeps doing it. In fact, its ALL he wants to do.
He also does a great attempted face plant.
He can't do it from sitting on his own, but can from sitting on my lap.
He's been standing holding onto things for a while - before he could roll - and can pull himself up to stand by clinging onto me
(but not the furniture - he's too short).
That's what I am; a human climbing frame.

Its too soon. I'm terrified.

Meanwhile, he's so uninterested in food its untrue.
His cousin was eating solids greedily at 17 weeks after sobbing her heart out and grabbing food from her parents plates.
Everyone else seems to be having loads more success with it than we are.
This morning, we had a firm but very deliberate protest with lips shut tight, only to feed from me as soon as I'd given up.
I don't know what else to try. I don't really want to do BLW as I'm petrified about choking. (He had an incident on Friday where he choked on his milk and went bright red before projectile vomiting).

He's going to never eat food and be permanently glued to me forever isn't he?

I can't believe how wilful, determined and stubborn he is.
Just like his Daddy

He's also got a cold and seems to be extra tired today. He took forever to settle last night after getting overtired. I can see us having round 2 tonight. He's not too bad, but he's definitely more grumpy and not his usual self either. He's been asleep for nearly two hours this afternoon, and I'm now wondering if I should wake him.

So I feel for everyone with an unwell baby right now, or stressing over whatever behaviour they are doing/not doing.

Hope everyone is ok and generally just coping.